Charles was a sub-contractor working to restore rotted wood and panels on the exterior of our house so that they could be painted. While he was doing that work, he offered his services as an energy retro-fitter, i.e. replacing all the weather stripping on doors and windows with updated materials. Which I then authorized him to do seeing the quality of his other work.
Charles is a meticulous perfectionist who worked on a group of 4 townhouses grouped in north downtown. I did not realize how much wood had rotted on the exterior of our 30 year old house; he showed me several samples of what water seepage had done. He restored everything precisely. Once the painting crew was completed, the house looked beautiful. While my wife and I were out front one day, a family walked by across the street and asked if these were new townhouses!!! That is how good the place looks now! The energy retrofit is also awesome. You can run your hand along the window sills and frames and no longer feel any sort of breeze. Same with the front door where I used to leave a towel in the winter to stop the heavy wind flow. Nothing comes thru now. Best thing is the place is so snug that I no longer seem to have the great variance in temperatures between the 3 floors.